Famous Painters Quiz: Match the Masterpiece to the Museum

This famous painters quiz follows great masterpieces to the museums that hold them, from Rembrandt's Night Watch in Amsterdam and Botticelli in Florence to Gustav Klimt in Vienna, Velázquez in Madrid, Picasso's Guernica, Hokusai's Great Wave, Edward Hopper and Andy Warhol.

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Rembrandt
Rembrandt's The Night Watch hangs in which museum?
Botticelli
Botticelli's The Birth of Venus is displayed in which city?
Klimt
Gustav Klimt's golden painting The Kiss is a highlight of which city's Belvedere museum?
Velázquez
Las Meninas, in which the painter shows himself at work, was painted by whom?
Picasso
Picasso's Guernica, a protest against the bombing of a Basque town, is displayed in which Madrid museum?
Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by which Japanese artist?
Hopper
Edward Hopper's Nighthawks shows people sitting where late at night?
Warhol
Andy Warhol's 1962 work showed 32 canvases of which product?
Seurat
Georges Seurat painted A Sunday on La Grande Jatte using tiny dots of color. What is this technique called?
Auctions
Salvator Mundi, sold for about 450 million dollars in 2017, is attributed to which artist?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Rembrandt's The Night Watch hangs in which museum?
Answer: The Rijksmuseum
The huge group portrait, finished in 1642, is the centerpiece of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. It has undergone a major public restoration.
Q2: Botticelli's The Birth of Venus is displayed in which city?
Answer: Florence
The painting hangs in the Uffizi Gallery. It shows Venus arriving on the shore standing on a scallop shell.
Q3: Gustav Klimt's golden painting The Kiss is a highlight of which city's Belvedere museum?
Answer: Vienna
Klimt used real gold leaf in works from his Golden Period. The Kiss was bought by the Austrian state before it was even finished.
Q4: Las Meninas, in which the painter shows himself at work, was painted by whom?
Answer: Diego Velázquez
Velázquez painted it in 1656 for King Philip IV of Spain. It hangs in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
Q5: Picasso's Guernica, a protest against the bombing of a Basque town, is displayed in which Madrid museum?
Answer: The Reina Sofía
Picasso painted it in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. He asked that it not go to Spain until democracy returned, and it arrived in 1981.
Q6: The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by which Japanese artist?
Answer: Hokusai
Hokusai made the print around 1831 as part of his series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which appears small in the background.
Q7: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks shows people sitting where late at night?
Answer: In a diner
The 1942 painting belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago. Its empty streets have made it a symbol of urban loneliness.
Q8: Andy Warhol's 1962 work showed 32 canvases of which product?
Answer: Campbell's soup cans
Each canvas showed a different soup flavor. The work, now at the Museum of Modern Art, became an icon of Pop Art.
Q9: Georges Seurat painted A Sunday on La Grande Jatte using tiny dots of color. What is this technique called?
Answer: Pointillism
Seurat spent about two years on the painting. Viewed from a distance, the dots blend into solid colors.
Q10: Salvator Mundi, sold for about 450 million dollars in 2017, is attributed to which artist?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
It remains the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, though some experts question how much of it Leonardo painted himself.

Famous Painters Quiz – Masterpieces and Where to Find Them

Some paintings are so famous that people travel across the world to see them in person. Each great museum has its star attractions, often painted centuries ago by artists who changed the history of art. Knowing where a masterpiece hangs, and who painted it, is a great way to plan a trip or simply to understand the story of art.

The Italian Renaissance produced some of the best-known works. Botticelli's Birth of Venus draws crowds to the Uffizi in Florence. In the 17th century, the Dutch Golden Age gave the world Rembrandt, whose Night Watch fills a wall of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, while Spain's Diego Velázquez created Las Meninas, now in Madrid's Prado.

Later centuries brought new styles. Georges Seurat built paintings out of tiny dots of color, Gustav Klimt used real gold leaf in Vienna, and Pablo Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 as a powerful protest against war. In Japan, Hokusai's Great Wave, a woodblock print, became one of the most recognized images in the world and influenced European artists.

In the 20th century, American painters made their mark. Edward Hopper captured lonely city scenes in works like Nighthawks, and Andy Warhol turned everyday products into art with his Campbell's Soup Cans. Meanwhile, auction prices kept rising, and in 2017 Salvator Mundi, attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, sold for around 450 million dollars.

This quiz covers famous painters, their masterpieces and the museums where you can see them.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is ideal for art lovers, museum visitors and travelers planning a cultural trip.

Where famous paintings like The Night Watch and Las Meninas hang
Which artists created iconic works
The story behind Picasso's Guernica
How pointillism and woodblock prints work
How Pop Art changed ideas about art
Which painting set the auction record

Quick Facts About Famous Painters

Rembrandt painted around 80 self-portraits during his life.
Johannes Vermeer completed only about 35 known paintings.
Claude Monet's giant Water Lilies panels fill two oval rooms at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.
Caravaggio was famous for dramatic contrasts of light and dark.
Grant Wood's American Gothic hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago.
J. M. W. Turner left hundreds of paintings to the British nation.